Cloth bolt ticket



May 14, 1935. L. DAVIS 7 2,001,054

CLOTH BOLT TICKET I Filed March 1, 1933 Patented May 14, 1935 CLOTH s PATENT fem-C BOLT TioKEr Lawrence Davis, Walpole,-Mass.

Application March 4 Claims.

This invention relates to tickets, tags, and

like, adapted to be used on bolts of cloth usually for the purpose of designating the nature of goods and sometimes, also, to carry other 5 formation relating to them.

It is the usual custom to secure sucha tag or ticket to the fabric at the end of the bolt by means of a string or thread.v After the bolt is pla on the shelf of the retail store, the ticket usually is tucked into the end of the bolt but is lefttached to it so that it can be referred to whenever necessary to determine the grade or quality of l of this type.

pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of a ticket embody this invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ticket shown in Fig. 1 but illustrating it in a folded condition;

Fig 3 is a perspective view of a part of the r section of the ticket shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate ways in which the ticket 0 may be used; and

relatively stiff sheet material and it consists a front section 2 and a rear section 3. These sections may take various shapes and dimensions, but they are preferably so designed that they can be cut simultaneously out of sheet material and then folded at one edge, somewhat as indicated in Fig. 2, it being understood that the sections normally are held one against the other instead of being partly separated as in Fig. 2. It is con-- i templated that the front face of the section 2 will bearthe usual information contained on such a ticket, and that, in addition, it will carry advertising matter, the nature of which necessarily will depend upon the character of the goods.

The rear section 3 has a tongue 4 cut from material thereof, as clearly shown in the drawing, and preferably is scored along theuncut edge to facilitate folding the tongue downwardly at right angles to said section, as shown in Fig. 3. Pref- The nature of the invention will be readily understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, and the novel features will be particularly 1, 1933, Serial No. 650,060

erably the uppermargin of this tongue is gummed, as shown at 5 in Fig. 1. The back face of the rear section 3 may also hear printed directions explain ing the manner in which the ticket is to be applied to the goods.

At the end of the ticket opposite to the folded edge 6 registering'holes l are punched to receive a string, ribbon, or the like, indicated at 8.

In using this ticket it is contemplated that the, string will be fastened to the fabric at the end of the bolt, as has been customary heretofore, this string being brought through the folds of the wrapper Ill, Fig. 4, so that the ticket will be exposed at the end of the package and outside the wrapper when the goods are wrapped preparatory to shipment. After the goods have reached the the inced the

ticket still remains attached to the goods by the string. At this time, however, the tongue 4 is bent downwardly at right angles to the main body of the ticket, the gummed strip 5 is moistened, and the tongue is forced into the end of the bolt between the cloth board l2 and the fabric wound on said board. The pressure of the cloth will hold the tongue in this position while the gum hardens, after which the ticket will be secured firmly to the bolt with the main body of the ticket resting against the end face of the bolt, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The ticket remains in this position indefinitely, or until most of the fabric has been removed from the cloth board. With this construction the ticket can always be seen at the end of the bolt and it is unnecessary for the salesman to pull the ticket out of the end of the bolt in order to see the information printed on it, as has been necessary with prior tags or tickets. The present construction, therefore, not only avoids this annoyance and inconvenience, but since the ticket is always in plain View, the salesman can see at a glance exactly the natureof the goods wound on the bolt and his selection of the bolt containing the desired fabric therefore is facilitated. If the tongue should accidentally become loosened from the bolt, the ticket still would be secured by the string so that it would not be lost. In addition, the face of the ticket can be printed in an attractive design which may or may not bear advertising matter, but which will contribute to the attractive presentation of the goods.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be evident that the invention may be embodied in ins ear

the

or scope thereof.

the retail store and the wrapper is removed, the

Having thus described my invention, what I desite to claim as new is:

1,. A cloth bolt ticket having front and rear sections, and having a string extending through said sections, and effective to secure the ticket to a bolt of fabric, said ticket including a tab projecting rearwardly therefrom and adapted to be inserted between the cloth board and the fabric wound thereon to secure the ticket against one end of the bolt.

2. A cloth bolt ticket folded to provide front and rear sections, the front section bearing information relating to the goods, and said rear section having a cut-out tongue integral therewith and adapted to be inserted between the cloth board and the fabric wound on said board to secure the ticket against the end face of the bolt.

3. A cloth bolt ticket folded to provide front and rear sections, both of said sections being punched to receive a string, and the rear section having a tongue punched therefrom but secured thereto, the margin of said tongue being gummed.

4. A cloth bolt ticket comprising relatively stiff sheet material folded to provide front and rear sections, said sections having holes punched therethrough adjacent to the ends to register with each other when the ticket is folded, a string threaded through said registering holes for anchoring said ticket to the fabric of the bolt, said rear section having a tab rigid therewith and adapted to be inserted between the cloth boardrand the goods wound thereon to secure the ticket against the end face of the bolt.

LAWRENCE DAVIS. 

